JPH0223326A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To readily optimize an original interval by measuring the interval by a measuring means while piled-up sheet originals are fed and displaying the measured value on a display means. CONSTITUTION:A feeding path from a feeder roller is provided with original feeding rollers 6 and 7 along an original guide plate 5, a light source 8 and a photodetector 9, both of which are confronted with each other for detecting the originals S and for measuring their interval, and a pair of original feeding rollers 10, in that order. The originals S are fed one by one, which are detected by the light source 8 and the photodetector 9, and are further fed to a photographing part between two glass plates 11 and 12. Such measuring means display the interval of the sheet originals S. Thus, the feeding of the originals S can be adjusted in an optimum condition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an apparatus that separates and feeds stacked sheet originals one by one and sequentially records them on a recording medium.

Conventionally, when stacked sheet originals are separated and fed one by one and recorded on a recording medium one by one, the optimum position for separating and feeding differs depending on the quality and thickness of the sheet originals, Documents are classified according to their thickness, and recording operations are performed by setting appropriate R positions for separating and feeding each group of classified documents based on experience.

<Problem that the invention seeks to solve> By the way, in the conventional example mentioned above, the material of the sheet original.

The optimal position for separating and feeding is determined based on the operator's experience, depending on the thickness, etc., and if the optimal position for separating and feeding is set incorrectly, the sheet documents will not be separated one by one and will be fed overlappingly.
Inconveniences may occur, such as a document intended to be recorded not being recorded or the document being damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the problems of the prior art described above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus in which the feeding state of a sheet document can be optimally set regardless of the operator's experience.

Means for Solving the Problem> In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the recording apparatus of the present invention includes a feeding means for feeding the stacked sheet originals, and a feeding means for separating the sheet originals one by one. Separating means that acts in a direction that obstructs the feeding force of the feeding means; Separation adjusting means that adjusts the relationship between the feeding means and the separating means; and Measuring the interval between the sheet documents sequentially fed to the recording section. Feather measuring means;
Applicable! A display means for displaying the interval between sheet documents measured by the tai1 means is provided.

Function> Previous) A recording device configured like a book measures the interval between sheets using a four-measurement means while feeding a sheet original, and displays the measured value on a display means. Seat rM
Check whether the paper feeding state is set optimally, and if it is not, use the separation adjustment means to adjust the positional relationship between the sheet original feeding means and the separation means, and then adjust the positional relationship between the sheet original feeding means and the separation means based on the display on the display means. It is easy to always set the document spacing optimally.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

FIG. 1 shows a recording device using a microfilm camera equipped with an automatic feeding device for sheet originals to be photographed.
The original table 2 is tilted so that the original S as a subject such as a document will slide down, and the original! It is equipped with a feeding roller 3 and a separation row 54 for feeding the aS one by one,
The feeding rows 53 are made of a material such as rubber having a larger coefficient of friction than the separation roller 4, and are rotated in the directions of the arrows by motors (not shown). The feeding path from the feeding roller includes an original feeding roller 6.7 along the original guide plate 5, and a pair of light source 8 and light receiving element 9 facing each other in order to detect the original S and measure the distance between them. Document feed rollers 10 are sequentially arranged. In the feeding path after the document feed roller 10, a glass flat plate 11° 12 with a gap serving as a photographing section (recording section), illumination lamps 13 and 14, a pair of document discharge rollers 15, and a document tray 16 are sequentially installed. It is arranged.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a shadow lens that shades the image of the i-document S fed between the glass flat plates 11 and 12 of the photographing section, and a shutter 18
The image is projected onto a film F, which will be described later, through a slit 19.

On the other hand, the film F serving as a recording medium is placed on the supply reel 20.
, a guide roller 21, a capstan roller 22 for driving the film which is at the Ili shadow position, and the capstan roller 2.
The film is configured to be wound onto a take-up reel 25 through a pinch roller 23 and a guide roller 24 which are in contact with 2 and 1.

FIG. 2 shows a separation adjustment mechanism for adjusting the positional relationship between the feeding roller 3 and separation roller 4, in which 30 is a drive motor, 31
3 is a drive shaft supported by a support 31a that drives the feeding roller 3; 32 is a drive shaft supported by a support 32a that drives the separation roller 4; 33 is a drive shaft that transmits the rotational force of the drive motor 30 to the drive shaft 31 34 is a belt that transmits the rotational force of the drive shaft 31 to the drive shaft 32; 35 is an eccentric cam; 36 is a belt for transmitting the rotational force of the drive shaft 31 to the drive shaft 32;
is supported by the supports 36a and 36b and the eccentric cam 35
37 is an operating knob for rotating the rotating wheel 36, 38 and 39 are the supporting body 32a and the base 4.
A spring interposed between the support body 32a and the eccentric cam 35 is used to set the position of the separation roller 4 unit.

In this embodiment with the above configuration, the automatic feeding device 1 feeds the documents S one by one.
Detected by and further photographed between two spaced apart glass flat plates 11 and 12 by a pair of document feed rollers 0. After being fed, the document is discharged onto a document tray 16 by a pair of document discharge rollers 15 when a photographing operation to be described later is performed. Then, the image of the original S is captured by the image lens 17. Shutter 8. It is projected onto the film F fed from the supply reel 20 through the slit 19 at the photographing position of the capstan roller 22, and the photographed film F is projected onto the film F fed from the supply reel 20 at the photographing position of the capstan roller 22. It is fed by the pinch roller 23 and wound onto the take-up reel 25.

Further, when adjusting the positional relationship between the feeding roller 3 and the separation roller 4, the eccentric cam 35 is rotated by rotating the operation knob 37, and the separation roller unit is rotated by the eccentric cam 35.
The feed roller 3 and the separation roller 4 are moved by the force of the springs 38 and 39 depending on the position thereof, and the positional relationship between the feeding roller 3 and the separation roller 4 is changed, and the separation state of the sheet documents can be adjusted.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control system of the recording apparatus of this embodiment.
1 is a liquid crystal display that displays the document spacing.

Controls the operation of an indicator 42 such as an LED, a film drive circuit 43 that drives the film F, and a shutter drive circuit 44 that opens and closes the shutter 18, and controls the timing of controlling the film drive circuit 43 and the shutter drive circuit 44. A clock pulse signal CP serving as a signal for measuring the lft document spacing by 61, a signal P indicating a state in which the image of a child is prohibited, and a signal Q from the light receiving element 9 for detecting the document and measuring the document spacing by 31 are input, respectively. .

Next, the control operation will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step #1, turn on the power of the recording device. In #2, the process loops until the light-receiving element 9 detects the original, and when the original is detected, it is determined whether or not the photography is prohibited in #3. If photography is prohibited, the #4 document interval is sent from the light receiving element 9 @Q
and the clock pulse signal CP, and at #5, #
The average value of the original m spacing is calculated based on the measurement results of document spacing in step 4.

The maximum value, minimum value, etc. are determined, the calculation results are stored in the memory #6, and then the document interval is displayed on the display #7.

If photographing is not prohibited in #3, the process proceeds to #8, where the film F is driven, and the shutter 18 of #9 is subsequently opened, and the fed original fiS is slit-exposed at the exposure position. Next, in #10, the presence or absence of the original is detected by the light receiving element 9, and the time from when it is no longer detected until the exposure of the original is completed is delayed, and the shutter 18 of #11 is closed.
With the film drive of No. 2 stopped and the power turned on, the printer enters a standby state until the next document arrives.

FIG. 5 shows the state in which the document is recorded on the film F depending on the separation state, (a) shows the optimum separation state, and (b) shows the distance between the feeding roller 3 and the separation row 54 being wider than the optimum state. This is an example of when originals are sent in a closed state. Part B shows when the originals were sent overlapping each other, part B shows when the original spacing could not be maintained, and (C) shows the state where the document is closed compared to the optimal state. This is an example of sending a manuscript using .

In addition, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the recording device, and 50 is a neck outer box;
Reference numeral 51 denotes an operation section including a power switch 52. Pupil shadow prohibition switch 53. A display 42 for displaying the number of recorded sheets and document spacing shown in FIG. Reset switch 54 of the display 42.
Various warning devices 55 and the like are arranged, 56 is a feeding port for originals, 57 is a discharge port for recording originals, and 58 is a part for supplying and taking out one film, etc. in the film chamber.

Then, depending on the state of the photography prohibition switch 53, the display 42
Displays the interval between originals and the number of recorded originals.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the display device 42 of the above-mentioned embodiment detects an abnormality in the document spacing even during the recording operation of the recording device and displays the abnormality in the document spacing. is shown in a flowchart. The rest of the configuration is exactly the same as the previous embodiment. The control operation will be explained along this flowchart.

In #21, the power of the recording device is turned on.

#22 loops until the light-receiving element 9 detects the original, and when the original is detected, the number of originals is counted in #23, and #
24 measures the document spacing, #25 calculates the average value of the document spacing from the document spacing measurement result in #24, and #26 judges whether the document spacing is appropriate based on the e4 calculation result in #25. If the interval between the originals is not appropriate, the abnormality of the interval between the originals is displayed in #27, and then the process proceeds to #28, where the number of originals is displayed. #2
If the document spacing is appropriate in step 6, the number of documents #28 is displayed on the display 42, film #29 is driven, and film #30 is driven.
shutter 18 is opened, and if the next document is detected within a preset period of time in #31, #2
Return to step 3 and repeat the operation. Further, if the next document is not detected within a preset period of time in #31, the shutter 18 in #32 is closed and the next document is detected in #31.
33 is stopped, and the state returns to #22.

Therefore, it is possible to adjust the document feeding state while recording work.

FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, which is a flowchart in which an abnormality of the vAfe4 interval is displayed and the recording operation is stopped during the recording operation of the recording apparatus. The rest of the construction is exactly the same as the embodiment shown in #3E shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The control operation will be explained along this flowchart.

The power is turned on in #41, and the light receiving element F is turned on in #42.
9 until the original is detected. When the original is detected, the number of originals is counted in #43, the interval between the originals is measured in #44, and the original interval is calculated in #45 based on the result of 31 measurements of the original interval in #44. Calculate the average value, etc. Next, in #46, it is determined whether the document spacing is appropriate based on the calculation result of #45. If the document spacing is not appropriate, display the document spacing abnormality in #47, display the original spacing in #48, and then display #5.
The shutter 18 of No. 3 is closed, the film drive J of No. 54 is stopped, and the recording operation is stopped. On the other hand, if the document spacing is appropriate in #46, Ifp in #47 and the number of documents are displayed, the film F in #50 is driven 1FljL, the shutter 18 in #51 is opened, and the next document is set in advance in #52. If the original is detected within the set period of time, the process returns to #43.
Perform repetitive movements.

If the next document is not detected within a preset period of time in #52, the process proceeds to #53, closes the shutter 18, stops the film drive in #54, and
Return to state 2. Therefore, the feeding state of the original is detected while performing recording work, and if the feeding state of the original is bad, the recording operation is stopped, an abnormality in the interval between the originals is displayed, and the interval between the originals is displayed.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the display of the display device of the above embodiment. Figure (a) is an example where the document spacing is expressed numerically, 15
FIG. 3B shows an example in which the distance between documents is expressed in terms of length on the film, which is 0.36M.

Figure (C) shows the direction for adjusting the document interval when the document interval and document interval are not appropriate, and Figure (d) shows the display for displaying the number of recorded originals and when the document interval is abnormal. Represents something that has been set up.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, the present invention includes a separation adjusting means for adjusting the relationship between the sheet original feeding means and the separating means, an interval measuring means for the sheet originals sequentially fed to the recording section, and the t1 By providing a means for displaying the interval between sheet documents measured by a measuring means, it is possible to properly grasp the feeding status of sheet documents and always make optimal adjustments, allowing for appropriate recording regardless of the skill level of the operator. This has the effect of making work possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a separation adjustment mechanism that adjusts the positional relationship between the feeding roller and separation roller, and FIG. 3 is an operational control diagram thereof. A block diagram showing the system, FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining its operation control, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the state of recording documents on film. 6 is a perspective view of the recording device shown in FIG. 7 is a flowchart explaining another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a flowchart explaining still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. An example of the display on the display section in the example is shown. 51 side, 9... Light receiving element for document detection and H1 control of document spacing, 11.12... Glass flat plate (recording section), 13.14... Illumination lamp, 17
...Traveling lens, 18...Shutter, one...Slit, F...Film (recording medium), 20...Supply reel, 25...Take-up reel, 35...Eccentricity Cam, 36...rotation shaft, 37...operation knob. 15-Year / Evening 20... Iron 1) -) to Fo-Fil (Animal Shimowa Plans) 25...Maki Inuriruna 4 2nd Figure 37. Hiroshi! 3rd A M1 Kazu Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Separate and feed stacked sheet documents one by one,
In an apparatus for sequentially recording on a recording medium, a feeding means for feeding stacked sheet originals, a separating means acting in a direction to impede the feeding force of the feeding means, and a combination of the feeding means and the separating means. The present invention is characterized by being provided with a separation adjusting means for adjusting the positional relationship, a measuring means for measuring the interval between the sheet originals sequentially sent to the recording section, and a display means for displaying the interval between the sheet originals measured by the measuring means. recording device.